Re: I'm new to Apple II - What can I do?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Gary Harrison wrote:

>By the way, the 80 column is indeed inserted into slot 3. Are all these
>Apple II cards as loose fitting and wobbly as my 80 column card seems to be?

They should fit pretty firmly into the socket, but the top will certainly
wiggle from side to side, since lateral support is cantilevered from way
down at the socket.  Try to avoid too much movement to save the socket.

>Incidentally, the keyboard on the thing just "died" today. No response at
>all to the keys. Until now it worked OK, apart from a frequently produced
>more than one letter per keystroke (dodgy key debounce?)

Check the connector where the keyboard plugs into the main board--and
reseat it.  It's pretty unusual for anything serious to go wrong with a whole
keyboard.  And the debouncing is generally excellent.  You may have
a few exceptionally dirty key contacts (contact cleaner should help).

-michael

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